hey were a very late addition to the TV show and now it’s emerged that Blue are only going to perform at four of the scheduled 12 dates this summer for the Big Reunion tour.

The band, consisting of Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Antony Costa, will perform live in the final episode of the reality series tonight on ITV2 (boo) but have opted out of the full nation tour which stars Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, 911, 5ive, Liberty X and Honeyz

A bitter sounding source at ITV told the press today:

“The boys were happy to appear in the show but there is a feeling they are too successful to be tagging along with the other bands.

“ITV weren’t best pleased. Their priority is The Big Reunion and they think Blue’s priority is Blue.”

The decision is unlikely to please the other bands featuring in the TV show who have already accused the much more successful group of muscling in on the action.